On
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:40:16 PM
in Little Rock,
Pulaski County, Mc
AR
John Johnsonhsch,
asked about Worldwide: a
Other Lawn care Company.

business.

If you want to buy the plants, sod, and other landscaping materials without having to pay sales tax, you will need a sellers permit - - Of course, you also need a
business license, a DBA and a federal Tax ID - - -
Lawn Mowing Care Landscaping Service

Licenses Tax IDs and Legal Business Entity Structure
If you do just small jobs, you only need a general business license to start a lawn care maintenance business.
However, if you use a trade name to do business, such as “Cut and Clean To Look Green,” you will need to register a fictitious business name as well because the public needs to know who owns the business with that business name. You will also need a federal and state EIN if you hire employees to help you with landscape or office work. Should You Incorporate?
If you get bigger as a business and you want to protect yourself against lawsuits -- for example, an employee may cut a finger with the lawn mowing equipment -- , you can incorporate or form an LLC instead of just registering your trade name as a sole owner or partnership. Finally, even one owner may form an LLC or incorporate for the legal and tax benefits and protection an LLC or corporation affords.The Industry
The services include mowing and trimming but you can also offer landscape design, installation of trees and grass and maintenance, as well as chemical applications to eliminate weeds and other unwanted lawn intruders. Perhaps one of the profitable businesses that you can start is lawn care or landscape service. The industry has about 15,000 landscape service companies but since most work on a cash basis, there must be more than that.Marketing
First assess your market. Your clients are all the baby boomers who have better things to do than taking care of their backyard but others as well such as vacationers and retired people. You will need business card, a phone, and you can use your printer to print flyers and distribute it around your target area. You can go as far as advertiser on TV or magazine but a classified ad in your local newspaper may work as well to get started.Profit Potential
You can generate as much as $50,000 to $500,000 gross per year if you apply yourself and work hard. However, most landscape companies make an average of $70,000 to about $150,000 gross per year. So, your net profit would be from $20,000 to about $70,000 but you can make more than that.

FeesObtain It Online Now!
Your service, especially if it is a service to other businesses, may be subject to sales tax in some states.
For example, if you bill your client $1,000 for your service, you will need to add sales tax as well for the service.
The rate is about 6%-8% in most states.
The implication of this as it pertains to the above discussion is that you will have to obtain a sellers permit to collect the sales tax, unless you already have to get one.
For example, you will have to obtain a sellers permit if your service includes touchable items, such as parts, and other materials for repairs or installation that are required for performing your type of service.
On the other hand, if your service is not taxable, you will have to issue an separate invoice for the service or separately list the services and the parts and include sales tax for the parts.
For example, if the service is $100, you bill the client only that amount but for the parts, if the amount is $50, you bill your client $50 plus sales tax at the rate of your state, see above.
So if the tax is 7%, you will bill $53.50 for the parts that will include the sales tax, plus $100 for the service for a total of $153.50.

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Lawn Care Service?

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Answer: .
FAQs: Q: Are there services that are taxable and need a seller's permit registration? Do I need one if I change tax structure?
A: Yes, some services such as massage services in some states are taxable services. Sometimes, when there is a change in the company structure, you will need to get a new seller's permit and or a tax id number. That includes circumstances where you are changing from sole owner to partnership, or an individual dies and the estate handles the business from then on.

Q: What benefit will accrue if I use a federal tax ID instead of my Social Security Number? What are the differences between the different tax IDs?
A: One benefit of getting a federal tax id to use instead of your social is that you can have separate business records. Another benefit is that you avoid using your social for business application so your identity is not stolen. There are differences in Tax IDs. All state tax ID numbers are not the same. There are Four state tax ID numbers. An employer state tax ID number, a Sales State Tax ID number, in some states a universal state tax ID number, and a state business licesne or tax registration state tax ID number.

Q: We can apply and obtain a seller's permit number you here online. Depending on the type of the Tax ID, the tax ID numbers are obtained thru various agencies such as a federal agency, a tax commission, a business registration agency, the social security administration and others such as the employment security agency.
A: The different agencies that issue tax IDs are specialized in their own areas. For example, the tax commission issues sales tax IDs because it is the agency that collect sales taxes. On the other hand, the state franchise agency issues corporate number IDs and it collects business income tax as opposed to employment or sales tax.

Q: The kind of tax ID that is required depends on the type of tax involved. For example, if you are paying business tax that is a business tax registration. If you are paying sales, that is a sales tax ID registration. Finally, if you are paying income tax to the federal government you will need a federal tax ID number.
A: The reason that an employer needs both a federal and a state employer EIN is that an employer pays employement and unemployment taxes to both the federal and the state government and he or she needs both numbers to withhold tax from the employees.

Q: Do I need to obtain a federal or state tax ID number before incorporating or getting other licenses?
A: As most licenses are actually a type of tax, there is no order as to what tax ID you should get first. On the other hand, you should incorporate or form LLC before getting federal tax ID number because the name should be secured first before you apply for a certain corporate entity.

Q: Is a resale ID same as a seller's permit?
A: Yes, a resale ID is the same as a seller's permit.

Q: What if I am just an online business. Do I need a seller's permit?
A: Yes, your location does not matter. A seller's permit is used for sales of taxable items from wherever sold.